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27/11/2012

My lovely cousin has just had her second baby and after knitting her first one a hat I thought I’d try a pair of socks this time. They did go a bit wrong, but as long as you can’t see a picture of how they were supposed to look you’d never know! To see them in their full glory I thought I’d model them on a bunny that sits on my shelves and they look fairly good, I might even try a pair of adult socks next! I’ve been lucky enough to have a day off work today, although after working for 10 hours on Sunday I think I deserve it, so after I've posted these off to Ireland, I’ll be spending the rest of the afternoon watching Home Alone and doing a bit of Christmas crafting.

20/11/2012

This is the first item of clothing I’ve brought in what
feels like ages, not because I’ve stopped myself spending, but because I’d not
seen anything I liked (well, for a reasonable price)! I blogged a few weeks ago
about a few basic style rules fashion blogs have reminded me of recently and
the necessity for ‘wardrobe essentials’ should definitely be added to the list.
This cream top from Next is stylish and will go with pretty much everything in
my wardrobe; it can be dressed up or down and was only £16! The embroidery is
beautiful and the pleat detail on the back is also a really nice touch, making
it look far more expensive than it is. In reality the top isn’t as fitted as it
appears in the image, but this is a good thing as the fabric doesn’t have much
stretch. It also comes up quite big – I tried mine on in store and ended up
with a size 6 and am usually an 8 or 10, so be warned if you’re buying online.
For its first outing I think I’ll be paring it with jeans and a blue Zara
blazer for work this week.

18/11/2012

This week’s picture postcard was taken this afternoon in the
Cuckmere valley, we stopped by the river for a quick walk after a pub lunch (is
there any better way to spend a Sunday?) and the light was just beautiful. I
love water when it’s this still too. The sunshine had obviously brought
everyone out and it seemed half of Eastbourne had the same idea as us - there
were people everywhere. It was a lovely moment of peace before what’s going to
be another busy week at work, and a six day one at that. But for now I better get
back to my online Christmas shopping, everyone seems much more organised than
me this year!

11/11/2012

This was another of those projects that I started years ago then gave up/forgot about, and I’m so happy to have finally finished it. Even though the design is a heart (you can tell better in the last picture) the combination of red and white feel quite Christmassy and being wool it’s perfect for colder winter evenings. Despite taking a long time to make, it’s really simple – just knit lots and LOTS of squares arrange into your desired pattern and sew together with wool. Don’t you just love that feeling when you finish a project that has been on the go for ages? I’ve also got some red and white wool left so am in need of inspiration for a Christmas themed knit.

08/11/2012

This week’s picture postcard is one I took last weekend at
Pulbrough Brooks RSPB reserve; the boyfriend and I were lucky enough to get
within a few feet of several deer whilst we wandered around! Ever since then I’ve
had the ‘doe, a deer, a female deer, ray a drop of golden sun, me, a name I
call myself, far a long long way to run...’ song from the sound of music in my
head, somehow I know most of the words without ever having watched the film. Sadly the sun had stopped shining by the time we’d spotted these deer and
it was just starting to turn to dusk, I hate these darker evenings. I don’t
think they’ll be any time for exploring the outdoors this weekend, I’m planning
to start sorting Christmas – so it’s a weekend of writing lists, present shopping and
Christmas crafting.

04/11/2012

You might not guess it from the blog recently but I love
fashion and style; although at the start of this year I had completely fallen
out of love with it. I was a typical ‘loads of clothes but nothing to wear’
kind of girl and was never happy with what I had on. But one thing in particular helped me
out of my style rut – fashion bloggers.

An early floral and feather attempt at an outfit post

And here’s three style rules I've learned...

#1 My wardrobe is full of clothes not outfits – mix them up.
I’d stopped trying to create new outfits and was wearing the same tops with
jeans and the same cardigans with skirts.

#2 People really do wear cardigans, skirts, tops and dresses
backwards and it looks good.

#3 You should want to look like you, not anyone else. So dress for
yourself.

They all seem really obvious when I look at them again! But
these three things were exactly what I needed to start looking at my wardrobe
in a new light. And of course, I couldn’t write this post without listing a few
of my favourite fashion bloggers.